Fishing-tackle.



H. M. TILESTON, DECD.

I; P. DBVINB; ADMINISTRATOR.

FISHINGTAGKIB. APPLIOATIUN FILED 00124, 1909.

1,636,380, U 1 Patented Aug.20,'1912.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; JOHN r. nnvINn ADMNIsTRAroR or sain Transmit, nncnnsnn.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

To all whom it may concern: Y Be it known that l, HENRY M. TrLEs'iorI,

'a -citizen. of the United States, and a resi- This device relates 'to fishing tackle designed to be attached to a line, and to be used by moving the same through the water by I'neans of said line.` And the object of this invention is toobtaina device which may be attached to a line and used in the manner described... for catching fish, with or without bait, as preferred.

A furtherobject of this invention is to @mais a device of the kind described, which lwill attract sh thereto, which may be used in c1ear.water, and in places where weeds and other plant growths are' in the water, and a device which is economical 1n construction, durable and not liable to get out of order.

In the drawing referred to Figure lis a side elevation of a device embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the main, or body part of the device is obtained. Figg is a vertical sectional view, on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. l is a vertical sectional View on line 4 4 of Fig. l, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. And 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. l, viewed in the direction indicated by thearrows.

A. reference letter applied to designate a. given part is used to indicate such part throughout the several figures of the dra-wing, wherever the same appears.

(Fig. 2), is the blank fromwhich the body of the device is obtained, and B, B', are broken lines on which cuts are made in said blank. C, C, are broken lines on which tri the portion of the body included within lines B, and B, are bent outward from, the remainder of the body, to obtain wings, of such shape as to produce revolution of the body of the device when the same is drawn ,through water, hereinafter set forth. D,

D", and D, are broken lines on which cuts .Appliaationv filed October 4, 1909. Serial No. 520,966.

are made in said blank A. By making the cuts D, D', and D, I obtain parts d, d',

remainder of the blank, one on each side thereof.

E, E are apertures in blank A. Aper- .Which are-respectively forced out from the Y tures E, E', are in the portion of said blank v which is included within lines B and B', so

'that when said portions are forced out to said apertures will forni the wings F, F,

'G is an additional come in said wings. aperture in blank A.'

H, H, are'hooks, respectively provided with barbs h, L, and with Shanks h, h. H ooks H, H', are respectively secured to the body part of the device, to turn therewith as the same rotates', by passing the shank hthereof alongside of said body part, Aunderneath thel parts d, d', and through the aperture E, and when preferred using solder or other suitable substance to rigidly secure said Shanks to saidfbody part. The forward ends of Shanks L are looped to obtain an eye, (laf), and I is an ordinary swivel, one -end whereof is attached to eye it, and the other end to a line, in the ordinary way of attaching hooks and spoons to lines.

J, J, are wires rigidly secured to the body l part of the device, at y', and arranged to contact with the barbs h, la, at the other end to protect said barb's when the device is being drawn through water having vegetable growths therein.

I is a swivel one end whereof is secured to the body partof the device, as by passing it through aperture G, and K, K', are hooks attached by the shank ,7c thereof to one end of swivel l and L is a lure.

M, M, are guards to the barbs of the hooks `When a line is attached to the device, and said device is drawn through the water, rotation or spinning'of the body part-'of the device, hooks H, H', and the guards J, J, is produced'by the wings F, F, and said part of the device has at said time the appearance of a ininnow or other small fish;VY

Even without the swivel I and the nonrotating hooks K, K', said parts of the device presentan appearance calculated to attract the attention of certain fish and to be seized by them; and when hooks K, K, and lure L are attached to the revolving part of the device /an additional attraction is presented. The blank A, when yprovided with the wings or paddles F, F, forced out from between lines B, B', as described, constitutes a spinning device; that is, when said ffdevice is drawn through the water by a line att-ached to the other end of either one of the swivels I, I', said blank (or body part of the device), rotates or spins in the water. The hooks H, H, which are rigidly attached to said blank and the guards J, il, (when present) spin therewith and thereby a solid body is simulated and at the same time, the aperture in blank A and the open ,space between the barbs L, la, of hooks H, H, and said blank, continuouslygive'successive changes tending to attract the attentionand arouse the curiosity of certain ish.

Blank A is preferably made of bright metal as aluminum, tin, nickel (or nickel plated metal) and vparts thereof, say the ends and one side of the wings, are preferably colored or painted. Luminous paint may be Vused on the device. y

When the device is thrown into the Water` and sinks by 'its weight, the wings F, F, cause the body part of the device, together with the hooks thereon, to rotate, as well as said wings cause rotation when the device is in a running stream or is drawn through still water by a line.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is ln a device of the kind described, a body' part made of sheet met-al the contour lines whereof substantially correspond with thel contourlines of a longitudinal section of a` fish, in combination withhooks attached thereto, said body part 'provided with integral wings which are formedy by forcing right and left duplicate parts, forming a 40 substantial part of said bodp part out from the central portion thereof to leave a bar integral with saidV body partmidway of the length of said body part, the ends of said duplicate parts remaining integral with said bar and one thereof bent forward and t-he other backward on said bar into position to l rotate said body part when said device is drawn through thel water, and means .to ro= tatably attach said body part to a nonrotating line, whereby, when said device is drawn through the water theappearance of 'a solid body of'subst-antially the shape of a 

